Future Hindsight
@futurehindsight.bsky.social
🎙 A podcast that gives voice to civic engagement, one episode at a time. Tune in weekly for new ways to #BeTheSpark!
Hosted by Mila Atmos / Posts by Zack!
Hosted by Mila Atmos / Posts by Zack!
TOMORROW: Imagine if 90% of young people wanted to solve problems in their communities but didn't know where to start.
Oh wait – that's exactly what's happening right now.
Raj Vinnakota joins us to show how to give Gen Z pathways they're asking for! Tune in tomorrow wherever you get your podcast.
Oh wait – that's exactly what's happening right now.
Raj Vinnakota joins us to show how to give Gen Z pathways they're asking for! Tune in tomorrow wherever you get your podcast.
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
TOMORROW: Imagine if 90% of young people wanted to solve problems in their communities but didn't know where to start.
Oh wait – that's exactly what's happening right now.
Raj Vinnakota joins us to show how to give Gen Z pathways they're asking for! Tune in tomorrow wherever you get your podcast.
Oh wait – that's exactly what's happening right now.
Raj Vinnakota joins us to show how to give Gen Z pathways they're asking for! Tune in tomorrow wherever you get your podcast.
You think ordinary people aren't smart enough to govern?
We trust juries with life and death decisions. We just don't trust them with policy.
That says more about our aristocratic bias than their actual competence.
We trust juries with life and death decisions. We just don't trust them with policy.
That says more about our aristocratic bias than their actual competence.
February 11, 2026 at 12:01 AM
You think ordinary people aren't smart enough to govern?
We trust juries with life and death decisions. We just don't trust them with policy.
That says more about our aristocratic bias than their actual competence.
We trust juries with life and death decisions. We just don't trust them with policy.
That says more about our aristocratic bias than their actual competence.
#ICYMI - This week, Hélène Landemore helps us discover how replacing elected politicians with randomly selected citizens - not better elections, but actual people governing - is what democracy actually means.
Tune in wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙
Tune in wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙
February 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
#ICYMI - This week, Hélène Landemore helps us discover how replacing elected politicians with randomly selected citizens - not better elections, but actual people governing - is what democracy actually means.
Tune in wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙
Tune in wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙
Join us with Hélène Landemore to discover why democracy should be a jolly hostess – attentive to wallflowers, making shy people speak, sharing power instead of concentrating it.
Ready to reimagine what "by the people" actually means?
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...
Ready to reimagine what "by the people" actually means?
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Join us with Hélène Landemore to discover why democracy should be a jolly hostess – attentive to wallflowers, making shy people speak, sharing power instead of concentrating it.
Ready to reimagine what "by the people" actually means?
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...
Ready to reimagine what "by the people" actually means?
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...
Imagine serving as a representative for a few paid months, deliberating on real policy, then rotating out. Everyone serves. Everyone governs.Join us with Hélène Landemore to explore why random selection is transformative.
TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...
TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...
February 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Imagine serving as a representative for a few paid months, deliberating on real policy, then rotating out. Everyone serves. Everyone governs.Join us with Hélène Landemore to explore why random selection is transformative.
TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...
TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...
Real democracy doesn't start with perfect citizens. It starts with trusting ordinary people to deliberate about the common good, then adjusting.
Join us with Hélène Landemore to discover why random selection opens possibilities that elections kill.
LISTEN HERE: buff.ly/vIqoiZ8
Join us with Hélène Landemore to discover why random selection opens possibilities that elections kill.
LISTEN HERE: buff.ly/vIqoiZ8
February 7, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Real democracy doesn't start with perfect citizens. It starts with trusting ordinary people to deliberate about the common good, then adjusting.
Join us with Hélène Landemore to discover why random selection opens possibilities that elections kill.
LISTEN HERE: buff.ly/vIqoiZ8
Join us with Hélène Landemore to discover why random selection opens possibilities that elections kill.
LISTEN HERE: buff.ly/vIqoiZ8
Elections select people already attracted to power. People who make politics a profession. People prone to corruption.
Random selection does the opposite. It picks the nurse, the Uber driver, the student who'd never run for office.
That's why it works better.
Random selection does the opposite. It picks the nurse, the Uber driver, the student who'd never run for office.
That's why it works better.
February 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Elections select people already attracted to power. People who make politics a profession. People prone to corruption.
Random selection does the opposite. It picks the nurse, the Uber driver, the student who'd never run for office.
That's why it works better.
Random selection does the opposite. It picks the nurse, the Uber driver, the student who'd never run for office.
That's why it works better.
Democracy shouldn't be a spectator sport where you vote and hope politicians deliver. Real democracy means you SERVE. A few months, paid, transformative. Then someone else serves. We rotate power instead of concentrating it. That's what "by the people" means: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...
February 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Democracy shouldn't be a spectator sport where you vote and hope politicians deliver. Real democracy means you SERVE. A few months, paid, transformative. Then someone else serves. We rotate power instead of concentrating it. That's what "by the people" means: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...
Elections were never designed to give you power. Your 18th century founders wanted an "aristocracy" whose "elevated minds" would filter what ordinary people think. That's why elected politicians serve the richest 10%, not every day people. 🧵(1/3)
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Elections were never designed to give you power. Your 18th century founders wanted an "aristocracy" whose "elevated minds" would filter what ordinary people think. That's why elected politicians serve the richest 10%, not every day people. 🧵(1/3)
TOMORROW: What if elections aren't what democracy is about?
Join us with Hélène Landemore to learn how random selection gives us actual people's power – and why ancient Greeks rejected elections as too aristocratic.
Tune in TOMORROW wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Join us with Hélène Landemore to learn how random selection gives us actual people's power – and why ancient Greeks rejected elections as too aristocratic.
Tune in TOMORROW wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
TOMORROW: What if elections aren't what democracy is about?
Join us with Hélène Landemore to learn how random selection gives us actual people's power – and why ancient Greeks rejected elections as too aristocratic.
Tune in TOMORROW wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Join us with Hélène Landemore to learn how random selection gives us actual people's power – and why ancient Greeks rejected elections as too aristocratic.
Tune in TOMORROW wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Small acts add up to flip Senate seats.
Athletes wearing t-shirts. Neighbors carpooling to polls. Five friends in a group chat tracking local elections.
None of it looks dramatic. All of it builds power.
Athletes wearing t-shirts. Neighbors carpooling to polls. Five friends in a group chat tracking local elections.
None of it looks dramatic. All of it builds power.
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Small acts add up to flip Senate seats.
Athletes wearing t-shirts. Neighbors carpooling to polls. Five friends in a group chat tracking local elections.
None of it looks dramatic. All of it builds power.
Athletes wearing t-shirts. Neighbors carpooling to polls. Five friends in a group chat tracking local elections.
None of it looks dramatic. All of it builds power.
#ICYMI - When candidates inspire voters, turnout doubles from 25% to 50%.
Anjali Enjeti joins us on the pod to understand how something like Mamdani's NYC campaign proves people will show up for authentic leadership in 2026.
Anjali Enjeti joins us on the pod to understand how something like Mamdani's NYC campaign proves people will show up for authentic leadership in 2026.
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
#ICYMI - When candidates inspire voters, turnout doubles from 25% to 50%.
Anjali Enjeti joins us on the pod to understand how something like Mamdani's NYC campaign proves people will show up for authentic leadership in 2026.
Anjali Enjeti joins us on the pod to understand how something like Mamdani's NYC campaign proves people will show up for authentic leadership in 2026.
3.6 million Americans in US territories can't vote for Congress.
Explore one of democracy's biggest gaps – how Puerto Rico, Guam, and other territories remain wholly disenfranchised despite serving in the US military and paying taxes: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
Explore one of democracy's biggest gaps – how Puerto Rico, Guam, and other territories remain wholly disenfranchised despite serving in the US military and paying taxes: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
February 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
3.6 million Americans in US territories can't vote for Congress.
Explore one of democracy's biggest gaps – how Puerto Rico, Guam, and other territories remain wholly disenfranchised despite serving in the US military and paying taxes: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
Explore one of democracy's biggest gaps – how Puerto Rico, Guam, and other territories remain wholly disenfranchised despite serving in the US military and paying taxes: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
Wyoming (600K people) has the same Senate representation as California (40M people). Puerto Rico (3M people) has… none.
See how Senate reform could actually enfranchise voters – and why fair representation would completely transform American politics: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
See how Senate reform could actually enfranchise voters – and why fair representation would completely transform American politics: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
February 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wyoming (600K people) has the same Senate representation as California (40M people). Puerto Rico (3M people) has… none.
See how Senate reform could actually enfranchise voters – and why fair representation would completely transform American politics: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
See how Senate reform could actually enfranchise voters – and why fair representation would completely transform American politics: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
Ready to build REAL power? Make REAL change? Start with your neighbor.
Join us with @anjalienjeti.bsky.social, to learn how carpools to polls, high school registration drives, and group chats create change. Small local acts add up to flip Senate seats: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
Join us with @anjalienjeti.bsky.social, to learn how carpools to polls, high school registration drives, and group chats create change. Small local acts add up to flip Senate seats: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Ready to build REAL power? Make REAL change? Start with your neighbor.
Join us with @anjalienjeti.bsky.social, to learn how carpools to polls, high school registration drives, and group chats create change. Small local acts add up to flip Senate seats: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
Join us with @anjalienjeti.bsky.social, to learn how carpools to polls, high school registration drives, and group chats create change. Small local acts add up to flip Senate seats: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
Should you be a poll worker? It teaches you how voter suppression actually works on the ground.
You see the cumbersome machines. The confusing rules. The barriers designed to make voting harder.
Service at your local precinct is a front-row seat to democracy.
You see the cumbersome machines. The confusing rules. The barriers designed to make voting harder.
Service at your local precinct is a front-row seat to democracy.
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Should you be a poll worker? It teaches you how voter suppression actually works on the ground.
You see the cumbersome machines. The confusing rules. The barriers designed to make voting harder.
Service at your local precinct is a front-row seat to democracy.
You see the cumbersome machines. The confusing rules. The barriers designed to make voting harder.
Service at your local precinct is a front-row seat to democracy.
Are you confused about the way elections actually work? Well, poll working teaches you from the inside!
Becoming a poll worker reveals voter suppression tactics, what ballot marking devices actually do, and why service at your local precinct matters: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
Becoming a poll worker reveals voter suppression tactics, what ballot marking devices actually do, and why service at your local precinct matters: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
January 30, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Are you confused about the way elections actually work? Well, poll working teaches you from the inside!
Becoming a poll worker reveals voter suppression tactics, what ballot marking devices actually do, and why service at your local precinct matters: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
Becoming a poll worker reveals voter suppression tactics, what ballot marking devices actually do, and why service at your local precinct matters: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/get...
Real power isn't in Washington – it's in your neighborhood, your polling place, your group chat. After all, maybe your neighbor needs a ride to the voting booth! Join us for a crucial look at grassroots organizing with @anjalienjeti.bsky.social. 🧵(1/3)
January 29, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Real power isn't in Washington – it's in your neighborhood, your polling place, your group chat. After all, maybe your neighbor needs a ride to the voting booth! Join us for a crucial look at grassroots organizing with @anjalienjeti.bsky.social. 🧵(1/3)
TODAY: When Congress won't act, voters still have power. Join us with @anjalienjeti.bsky.social, author of Ballot, to learn how small local acts add up to major change, and why your neighbor's ride to the polls matters more than you think.
Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
TODAY: When Congress won't act, voters still have power. Join us with @anjalienjeti.bsky.social, author of Ballot, to learn how small local acts add up to major change, and why your neighbor's ride to the polls matters more than you think.
Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️
Research on stopping authoritarians is clear.
You can win by acting together. Boycott companies. March against fascism. Refuse to bow to fear. Pressure the pillars of support.
You have more power than you think.
You can win by acting together. Boycott companies. March against fascism. Refuse to bow to fear. Pressure the pillars of support.
You have more power than you think.
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Research on stopping authoritarians is clear.
You can win by acting together. Boycott companies. March against fascism. Refuse to bow to fear. Pressure the pillars of support.
You have more power than you think.
You can win by acting together. Boycott companies. March against fascism. Refuse to bow to fear. Pressure the pillars of support.
You have more power than you think.
#ICYMI - One ant can't stop a snake. But a million organized ants? It’s too overwhelming.
Daniel Hunter explores boycott strategies, pillar pressure tactics, and why regimes are powerless when we refuse to go along.
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
Daniel Hunter explores boycott strategies, pillar pressure tactics, and why regimes are powerless when we refuse to go along.
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
January 27, 2026 at 7:03 PM
#ICYMI - One ant can't stop a snake. But a million organized ants? It’s too overwhelming.
Daniel Hunter explores boycott strategies, pillar pressure tactics, and why regimes are powerless when we refuse to go along.
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
Daniel Hunter explores boycott strategies, pillar pressure tactics, and why regimes are powerless when we refuse to go along.
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
How do YOU (yes you) get to own a political space? It’s actually very simple. You march, you boycott, you organize. This conversation will change how you think about stopping authoritarianism!
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
How do YOU (yes you) get to own a political space? It’s actually very simple. You march, you boycott, you organize. This conversation will change how you think about stopping authoritarianism!
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
OUT NOW: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
One thing is clear – institutions are not going to save us.
In fact, if you trust courts and elections alone, you’ll lose 93% of the time. But with organized civil resistance, you actually have a shot at winning.
TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
In fact, if you trust courts and elections alone, you’ll lose 93% of the time. But with organized civil resistance, you actually have a shot at winning.
TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
One thing is clear – institutions are not going to save us.
In fact, if you trust courts and elections alone, you’ll lose 93% of the time. But with organized civil resistance, you actually have a shot at winning.
TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
In fact, if you trust courts and elections alone, you’ll lose 93% of the time. But with organized civil resistance, you actually have a shot at winning.
TUNE IN: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
This week, @daniel-hunter.bsky.social explains how regimes need OTHER PEOPLE to carry out their orders – and what happens when we organize to say no.
Police. Businesses. Bureaucrats. When pillars defect, authoritarians fall.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
Police. Businesses. Bureaucrats. When pillars defect, authoritarians fall.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
January 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This week, @daniel-hunter.bsky.social explains how regimes need OTHER PEOPLE to carry out their orders – and what happens when we organize to say no.
Police. Businesses. Bureaucrats. When pillars defect, authoritarians fall.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
Police. Businesses. Bureaucrats. When pillars defect, authoritarians fall.
LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/res...
Serbian police were ordered to shoot protesters. They refused.
Instead they said: "Come on in, everyone. We're getting Milosevic out."
That's how the dictator fell. Not through courts or elections. Through organized pressure that got his enforcers to switch sides.
Instead they said: "Come on in, everyone. We're getting Milosevic out."
That's how the dictator fell. Not through courts or elections. Through organized pressure that got his enforcers to switch sides.
January 23, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Serbian police were ordered to shoot protesters. They refused.
Instead they said: "Come on in, everyone. We're getting Milosevic out."
That's how the dictator fell. Not through courts or elections. Through organized pressure that got his enforcers to switch sides.
Instead they said: "Come on in, everyone. We're getting Milosevic out."
That's how the dictator fell. Not through courts or elections. Through organized pressure that got his enforcers to switch sides.